Your Pathway is a fun and positive six-session programme that enables children and young people to explore their autistic identity
Your Pathway is a fun and positive six-session programme which enables children and young people to explore their autistic identity and develop a better understanding of themselves, their needs, and how to thrive. Your Pathway: • is available via six pre-recorded sessions which children can access with a parent/carer or trusted adult at a time that suits them or • can be purchased by schools/groups who wish to deliver it themselves Each session includes activities and opportunities for discussion. Children will receive an activity pack with all resources needed. Your Pathway covers: • Understanding autism as a valuable part of human neurodiversity • Differences in sensory processing • Differences in communication and social interaction (including the double empathy problem) • Differences in thinking, doing and learning • The challenges an autistic child can encounter during a typical day and accommodations that can help • Understanding meltdowns and shutdowns • Self-regulation • Masking and the importance of being yourself • Stimming • Spoon theory • The theory of monotropism Your Pathway: • is suitable for parents/carers to use with their child at home • is suitable for schools/groups to use in a 1:1 or group setting • is suitable for children aged around 7-15 |